Hunt v. Delano
Supreme Court of Iowa
Appeal from Monroe District CoiCrt. — Hon. C. W. Vermilion, Judge. Action for damages for negligence resulting in the death of Lynch Hunt. There was a verdict and judgment for the plaintiff of $2,000. The defendant appeals.
1Opinion of the CourtEvans, J.
The plaintiff is the administratrix of the estate of the decedent. The defendants are the receivers of the Wabash Eailroad Company. The accident under consideration occurred on August 21, 1912, in the city of Albia, on Third Street at the point of intersection of such street with the Wabash railway. Third Street runs north and south. Decedent was approaching the railway intersection from the *140north and was riding alone in a buggy drawn by a single horse. The railway line runs from northwest toward the southeast. The train involved in the collision was a freight train and was running…
2Cases cited4 opinions
- Case v. Chicago Great Western Railway Co.Supreme Court of Iowa · 1910
- Dusold v. Chicago Great Western Ry. Co.Supreme Court of Iowa · 1913
- Davitt v. Chicago Great Western RailroadSupreme Court of Iowa · 1914
- Warn v. Chicago Great Western Railway Co.Supreme Court of Iowa · 1910
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- Carrigan v. Minneapolis & St. Louis RailroadSupreme Court of Iowa · 1915
- Scherer v. ScandrettSupreme Court of Iowa · 1944